net.-

[Usenet] Prefix used to describe people and events related to Usenet. From the time before the {Great Renaming}, when most non-local newsgroups had names beginning "net.". Includes {net.god}s, net.goddesses (various charismatic net.women with circles of on-line admirers), net.lurkers (see {lurker}), net.person, net.parties (a synonym for {boink}, sense 2), and many similar constructs. See also {net.police}.

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